<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I paid my enrollment deposit and did the housing compatibility survey and the honors participation agreement yesterday night but when I checked my portal again, the option to do the survey and honors agreement doesn't disappear... My previous answers to the survey are still there, but also the submit button. Does this mean my survey and agreement weren't accepted by NU? Just in case, I submitted the survey and agreement again, but my portal hasn't changed.</p>
<p>I would send an email just in case. That way, if they argue that you didn’t submit something, you will have documentation that you did and informed them of the problem. I’m not sure who you would send an email to, though. Is there anything in the admissions portal that could be helpful on that front? Otherwise, perhaps the admissions office in general.</p>
<p>Thanks! I just emailed them and hopefully my apps and agreement were submitted…!
By the way, other than applying for loans, we do not need to send any form accepting our scholarship/financial aid, right?</p>
<p>Some of the scholarships have a contract agreement that has to be signed (such as the National Merit). If so, it would also be noted on required documents on your portal.</p>
<p>My friend and I are both going to Northeastern and the roommate survey is still available to edit for both of us. I’m assuming that they are allowing students to change there responses to the survey if they would like. I definitely don’t think it’s a big issue.</p>
<p>From the screen post submission: “Changes to the application: You are able to go back into your application and change the LLC preferences and roommate requests on-line any time prior to May 1, 2012.”</p>
<p>This is directly from the screen that comes up after you submit your housing application. I have now just submitted mine twice X_X. I’m sure it doesn’t matter though because they allow you to submit changes… mine just didn’t have changes.</p>
<p>Thank you for the replies! </p>
<p>hmm… I called financial aid earlier today to ask if I had to sign anything for scholarships but the person on the phone I didn’t have to. But I’m getting worried… </p>
<p>Did anyone who received the Dean’s scholarship have to send a contract agreement? I checked my financial aid status but I couldn’t find any forms I need to sign to accept my scholarship. Or maybe I’m looking at the wrong place…?</p>
<p>I just looked at what my son had to send in, and it is titled “Northeastern National Merit Scholar Contract,” so I am sure it only applies to that particular scholarship. If the financial aid office said your fine, then your fine - don’t worry. You officially accept the scholarship offer by submitting your enrollment deposit.</p>
<p>For other scholarships, I believe that the process is the same as with loans, where they assume you are accepting them unless you tell them otherwise.
With loans, this means you have to make sure you pay attention so they don’t give you loans you don’t want, but I don’t see any reason you’d want to turn down a scholarship. :)</p>
<p>@nanotechnology</p>
<p>How can they give you loans you don’t want? Don’t you have to sign a loan contract or something?</p>
<p>Dean’s Scholarships have no contract. They are just applied on your bill every semester.</p>
<p>You have to sign a Master Promissory Note (MPN) for all loans. If you don’t, you don’t get the loan. However for federal loans, depending on the loan type, your FIRST promissory note has the ability to just add on loans at a future date, without signing a new note (contract). In that case, you’d just e-mail the financial counselor who sends out your “here are your loans for the year” e-mail. The interest rate can be different for each loan though. But you do need to sign the promissory note before your freshmen year.</p>
<p>@neuchimie</p>
<p>That’s good to know. So completing the FAFSA is not the same as signing an MPN. Therefore, I guess that I don’t need to worry about ending up with unwanted loans as long as I don’t sign an MPN.</p>
<p>My son’s financial aid information included scholarships and an unsubsidized Stafford loan. He contacted the financial aid office and asked them to remove the Stafford loan. They did, and updated his record to just show the scholarships.</p>
<p>Totoro66, don’t just NOT do something if you are certain about what you want. If you received a loan offer, just go tell them that you don’t want it. By law, you are required to sign an MPN so obviously you can’t get the money without it. But why sit through e-mails and reminders and fight with the student loan government website? Just e-mail the financial aid counselor.</p>
<p>@neuchimie</p>
<p>Thanks. I will definitely do that. But you know how things can sometimes slip through the cracks.</p>